Katie Harris
@katietherockdoc.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Climate & environmental policy wonk. She/her.
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Katie Harris
@katietherockdoc.bsky.social
· Sep 22
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www.science.org
Archaeology isn't my day job right now, so I'm always looking for ways to engage with my profession on my own time. Thus why I was excited when I was asked to review #LadySapiens for #Science - out today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
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This attack is not about protection—it’s about power. 🚩
⚠️ The latest executive order from Trump eliminates collective bargaining rights for nearly a million federal workers under the guise of “national security.” #AFGE #AFGEunion
www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/tr...
⚠️ The latest executive order from Trump eliminates collective bargaining rights for nearly a million federal workers under the guise of “national security.” #AFGE #AFGEunion
www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/tr...
BlueGreen Alliance | Trump Tries to Silence Nearly a Million Federal Workers
www.bluegreenalliance.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This attack is not about protection—it’s about power. 🚩
⚠️ The latest executive order from Trump eliminates collective bargaining rights for nearly a million federal workers under the guise of “national security.” #AFGE #AFGEunion
www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/tr...
⚠️ The latest executive order from Trump eliminates collective bargaining rights for nearly a million federal workers under the guise of “national security.” #AFGE #AFGEunion
www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/tr...
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The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.
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Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
March 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]
A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.
Chuck Schumer: STOP!
Trump: ?
Schumer: you forgot this piece
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JD Vance talking about housing as a supply issue while part of the Tariffs and Construction Worker Deportations admin is basically the whole NatCon shtick writ large: you accurately diagnose the problem, talk eloquently about it’s impacts, then enthusiastically commit yourself to being part of it.
March 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
JD Vance talking about housing as a supply issue while part of the Tariffs and Construction Worker Deportations admin is basically the whole NatCon shtick writ large: you accurately diagnose the problem, talk eloquently about it’s impacts, then enthusiastically commit yourself to being part of it.
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Setting a new standard for Alt Text 😂
"A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days."
"A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days."
We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl.
🦉
🦉
February 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Setting a new standard for Alt Text 😂
"A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days."
"A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days."
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I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday
February 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday
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A gold sword hilt fitting with cloisonné garnet inlay from the Staffordshire Hoard. The hoard was found in 2009 from Hammerwich near Lichfield, originally by metal detectorists. The find consists of almost 4,600 items. They date to c. 7th to 8th centuries AD. #FindsFriday
February 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A gold sword hilt fitting with cloisonné garnet inlay from the Staffordshire Hoard. The hoard was found in 2009 from Hammerwich near Lichfield, originally by metal detectorists. The find consists of almost 4,600 items. They date to c. 7th to 8th centuries AD. #FindsFriday
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🚨ALL OUT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS! Tomorrow in D.C. at the Department of Labor—show Elon Musk and his lackeys that workers are ready and willing to fight back!! 🚨
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
🚨ALL OUT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS! Tomorrow in D.C. at the Department of Labor—show Elon Musk and his lackeys that workers are ready and willing to fight back!! 🚨
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If you’re in or around Washington D.C. tomorrow (February 5), come out to 200 Constitution Ave. NW at 3pm and tell Elon Musk to keep his grimy hands off the Department of Labor:
February 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If you’re in or around Washington D.C. tomorrow (February 5), come out to 200 Constitution Ave. NW at 3pm and tell Elon Musk to keep his grimy hands off the Department of Labor:
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I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
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Everyone in LA is sharing this story on insta, and I just want to make sure non-Angelenos know about this bear that crawled under a house during the fires. He had to be lured out with rotisserie chickens. Read it. You deserve a little treat.
525-Lb. Bear Discovered Under Evacuated Altadena Home Too Fat to Tranquilize: 'Not an Option'
An Altadena, Calif., man was shocked to discover he couldn't return to his home — which he evacuated due to the Eaton fire — because a 525-lb. bear had nested in the crawl space under his house. It to...
people.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Everyone in LA is sharing this story on insta, and I just want to make sure non-Angelenos know about this bear that crawled under a house during the fires. He had to be lured out with rotisserie chickens. Read it. You deserve a little treat.
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We're going to be outside Treasury tomorrow at 5 PM to ask Elon Musk what he's doing with our money. SHARE AND JOIN US:
www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We're going to be outside Treasury tomorrow at 5 PM to ask Elon Musk what he's doing with our money. SHARE AND JOIN US:
www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
Let's make some calls. If you have R senators, keep calling them to oppose nominations.
If you have D senators, call them and ask them to be as obstructionist as possible. Like circa 2016 Mitch McConnell levels of obstructionist.
If you have D senators, call them and ask them to be as obstructionist as possible. Like circa 2016 Mitch McConnell levels of obstructionist.
Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
February 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Let's make some calls. If you have R senators, keep calling them to oppose nominations.
If you have D senators, call them and ask them to be as obstructionist as possible. Like circa 2016 Mitch McConnell levels of obstructionist.
If you have D senators, call them and ask them to be as obstructionist as possible. Like circa 2016 Mitch McConnell levels of obstructionist.
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“Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act.”
If you can, do something, speak up and act up. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
www.science.org
February 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act.”
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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instead of affirming trump’s belief that he is king of america, it is important to recognize that federalism provides states the tools to push back or at least ignore these orders
February 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
instead of affirming trump’s belief that he is king of america, it is important to recognize that federalism provides states the tools to push back or at least ignore these orders
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Thankfully, unlike Musk’s depredation of Twitter, federal workers are represented by no-joke unions like NTEU, which has already called out his BS:
January 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Thankfully, unlike Musk’s depredation of Twitter, federal workers are represented by no-joke unions like NTEU, which has already called out his BS:
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
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The GOP loves to talk about "merit," but these proposed taxes on scholarships make clear that they see as "merit"-worthy only those people who benefit from (or can by some means overcome) systemic barriers to equality.
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
Republican Proposal Would Make College Scholarships Taxable Income
Republican lawmakers are considering making college scholarships fully taxable to help pay for continuing tax cuts that mostly benefit wealthy families.
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January 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The GOP loves to talk about "merit," but these proposed taxes on scholarships make clear that they see as "merit"-worthy only those people who benefit from (or can by some means overcome) systemic barriers to equality.
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
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This is the most satisfying things I've seen on a screen all day.
Levallois ❤️
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Levallois ❤️
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Something special for the lithophiles for #FlintFriday and #FieldFriday - two ends of the Levallois spectrum from my survey yesterday in Luxor. I’ve never seen anything quite like either of them 🤩
January 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is the most satisfying things I've seen on a screen all day.
Levallois ❤️
🏺
Levallois ❤️
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